most pestilent

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Quadr.” is an innocuous and sweet animal; but, when pressed hard by dogs and men, it can eject such a most pestilent and fetid smell and excrement, that nothing can be more horrible.

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry

One of the most pestilent of all social nuisances is the athlete who must be eternally performing "feats," and then talking about them.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

"The boy was in a most pestilent fright," said Lazaro, "and therefore somewhat more snowy than was natural; nevertheless, I have seen darker skins among the damsels of La Mancha."

From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery

And while ye go about to drive your neighbour out of his land, ye must needs first bring into your own land the most pestilent puddle of unthrifts that can be.

From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius

Brébeuf especially was accounted the most pestilent of sorcerers.

From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Parkman, Francis